Testing-based process for component substitutability

Autores
Flores, Andrés Pablo; Polo, Macario
Año de publicación
2012
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Software components have emerged to ease the assembly of software systems. However, updates of systems by substitution or upgrades of components demand careful management due to stability risks of deployed systems. Replacement components must be properly evaluated to identify if they provide the expected behaviour affected by substitution. To address this problem, this paper proposes a substitutability assessment process in which the regular compatibility analysis is complemented with the use of black-box testing criteria. The purpose is to observe the components' behaviour by analysing their internal functions of data transformation, which fulfils the observability testing metric. The approach is conceptually based on the technique Back-to-Back testing. When a component should be replaced, a specific Test Suite TS is built in order to represent its behavioural facets, viz. a Component Behaviour TS. This TS is later exercised on candidate upgrades or replacement components with the purpose of identifying the required compatibility. Automation of the process is supported through the testooj tool, which constrains the conditions and steps of the whole process in order to provide a rigorous and reliable approach.
Fil: Flores, Andrés Pablo. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Facultad de Informática. Departamento Ingeniería de Sistemas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina
Fil: Polo, Macario. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; España
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COMPONENT ASSESSMENT
COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE
TESTING AUTOMATION
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Testing-based process for component substitutability
title Testing-based process for component substitutability
spellingShingle Testing-based process for component substitutability
Flores, Andrés Pablo
COMPONENT ASSESSMENT
COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE
TESTING AUTOMATION
title_short Testing-based process for component substitutability
title_full Testing-based process for component substitutability
title_fullStr Testing-based process for component substitutability
title_full_unstemmed Testing-based process for component substitutability
title_sort Testing-based process for component substitutability
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Flores, Andrés Pablo
Polo, Macario
author Flores, Andrés Pablo
author_facet Flores, Andrés Pablo
Polo, Macario
author_role author
author2 Polo, Macario
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COMPONENT ASSESSMENT
COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE
TESTING AUTOMATION
topic COMPONENT ASSESSMENT
COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE
TESTING AUTOMATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Software components have emerged to ease the assembly of software systems. However, updates of systems by substitution or upgrades of components demand careful management due to stability risks of deployed systems. Replacement components must be properly evaluated to identify if they provide the expected behaviour affected by substitution. To address this problem, this paper proposes a substitutability assessment process in which the regular compatibility analysis is complemented with the use of black-box testing criteria. The purpose is to observe the components' behaviour by analysing their internal functions of data transformation, which fulfils the observability testing metric. The approach is conceptually based on the technique Back-to-Back testing. When a component should be replaced, a specific Test Suite TS is built in order to represent its behavioural facets, viz. a Component Behaviour TS. This TS is later exercised on candidate upgrades or replacement components with the purpose of identifying the required compatibility. Automation of the process is supported through the testooj tool, which constrains the conditions and steps of the whole process in order to provide a rigorous and reliable approach.
Fil: Flores, Andrés Pablo. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Facultad de Informática. Departamento Ingeniería de Sistemas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina
Fil: Polo, Macario. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; España
description Software components have emerged to ease the assembly of software systems. However, updates of systems by substitution or upgrades of components demand careful management due to stability risks of deployed systems. Replacement components must be properly evaluated to identify if they provide the expected behaviour affected by substitution. To address this problem, this paper proposes a substitutability assessment process in which the regular compatibility analysis is complemented with the use of black-box testing criteria. The purpose is to observe the components' behaviour by analysing their internal functions of data transformation, which fulfils the observability testing metric. The approach is conceptually based on the technique Back-to-Back testing. When a component should be replaced, a specific Test Suite TS is built in order to represent its behavioural facets, viz. a Component Behaviour TS. This TS is later exercised on candidate upgrades or replacement components with the purpose of identifying the required compatibility. Automation of the process is supported through the testooj tool, which constrains the conditions and steps of the whole process in order to provide a rigorous and reliable approach.
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Flores, Andrés Pablo; Polo, Macario; Testing-based process for component substitutability; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Software Testing, Verification & Reliability; 22; 8; 12-2012; 529-561
0960-0833
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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identifier_str_mv Flores, Andrés Pablo; Polo, Macario; Testing-based process for component substitutability; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Software Testing, Verification & Reliability; 22; 8; 12-2012; 529-561
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